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SIR WILLIAM CAVENDISH (c. 1505-1557)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 582 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:WILLIAM See also:CAVENDISH (c. 1505-1557)  , founder of the See also:English See also:noble See also:house of See also:Cavendish, was the younger See also:brother of See also:George Cavendish (q.v.) . His See also:father, See also:Thomas, was a descendant of See also:Sir See also:John Cavendish, the See also:judge, who in 1381 was murdered by See also:Jack See also:Straw's insurgent peasants at See also:Bury St See also:Edmunds . Of See also:William's See also:education nothing seems known, but in 1530 he was appointed one of the commissioners for visiting monasteries; he worked directly under Thomas See also:Cromwell, whom he calls " See also:master " and to whom many of his extant letters are addressed . In 1541 he was auditor of the See also:court of augmentations, in 1546 treasurer of the See also:king's chamber, and was knighted and sworn of the privy See also:council . Under See also:Edward VI. and See also:Mary he continued in favour at court; during the latter's reign he partially conformed, but on the occasion of the See also:war with See also:France he with other See also:Derbyshire gentlemen refused the See also:loan of £See also:ioo demanded by the See also:queen . He died in 1557 . Cavendish acquired large properties from the spoils of the monasteries, but in accordance with the wish of his third wife See also:Elizabeth he sold them to See also:purchase See also:land in Derbyshire . This wife was the celebrated " See also:building Bess of Hardwick," daughter of John See also:Hardwicke, of Hardwicke, See also:Derby-See also:shire; she completed the See also:original building of See also:Chatsworth House,—begun in 1553 by her See also:husband,—of which nothing now remains . Her See also:fourth husband was George See also:Talbot, 6th See also:earl of Shrewshury . By her Cavendish had six See also:children; an See also:elder son who died without issue; William, who in 1618 was created earl of See also:Devon• shire; See also:Charles, whose son William became 1st See also:duke of See also:Newcastle; Frances, who married Sir See also:Henry Pierporit,and was the ancestress of the See also:dukes of See also:Kingston; Elizabeth, who married Charles See also:Stuart, earl of See also:Lennox, and was the See also:mother of Arabella Stuart; and Mary, who married See also:Gilbert Talbot, 7th earl of See also:Shrewsbury .

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